Ottawa never needed to run deficits in Budget 2016: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
The economy was doing well enough on its own without the government’s stimulus-heavy, hand-holding budget, writes Philip Cross. By Philip ...
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Little chance of a Bank of Canada interest rate cut: Philip Cross on BNN
There isn’t much chance of a Bank of Canada interest rate cut now that the federal government has spent its ...
Stats Can will find it difficult to get a handle on foreign homebuyers, Philip Cross tells BNN
Ottawa’s pledge of $500,000 for Statistics Canada to research foreign homebuyers’ expansion into Canada is unlikely to have much impact ...
Budget 2016 shows Ottawa hasn’t yet learned to say ‘no’: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
Budget 2016 is proof that Canada’s new federal government doesn’t yet know how to reject unaffordable spending programs, writes Philip ...
What should we expect from budget 2016? Philip Cross weighs in on BNN
A lot of anticipation surrounds budget 2016, as Canada’s new federal government prepares to table its first fiscal plan. MLI ...
Deficits in many major sectors a concern, Ian Lee tells CBC’s The Exchange
MLI author Ian Lee says that, although it’s not a gigantic worry, Canadians should be concerned about the levels of ...
Our unsustainable debt addiction: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
It’s not just governments – ordinary Canadians' borrowing shares some of the blame for this country’s ever-growing and unsustainable reliance ...
Why the Ecofiscal Commission is a failure: Philip Cross in the Financial Post
An inability to convince governments to pair a carbon tax with a corresponding income tax cut is just one of ...
Canada risks missing the boat on liquefied natural gas, Cross tells CBC
The world’s investors aren’t going to wait for Canada to get its act together on liquefied natural gas, MLI Senior ...
Ottawa can help Canadians achieve a secure retirement without CPP expansion: MLI report by Philip Cross and Sean Speer
Concern over the state of Canadians’ retirement savings is overblown, authors find, and what issues there are require a ‘scalpel’, ...
“It’s hard to imagine how it could get worse”, Cross tells BNN about oil prices
Falling oil prices. Big holes in budget deficits. A confusing Canadian dollar. Gas prices that refuse to fall. The economic ...
Sick leave problem a symptom of rot in the civil service: Philip Cross in the National Post
The abuse of sick leave in the civil service is just another sign of how the federal government fails to ...
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Time for an intervention – an urgent call to end “gender-affirming” treatments for children: J. Edward Les for Inside Policy
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The Governor General deserves better, but we deserve impartiality: Philippe Lagassé for Inside Policy
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The Lamentable Decline of Canada’s Reputation as a Dependable and Globally Respected Nation: Peter Menzies in the Epoch Times
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Conservatives can reject destructive left-wing policies and still take climate change seriously: Brian Lee Crowley in the National Post
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Success assured? Appraising the Canadian-led Enhanced Forward Presence battlegroup in Latvia
